I’m in a similar position. My recommenders are a former supervisor, client, and undergrad professor.

I met with each in person after I made the request to explain why I wanted to go back to school, share the schools I am applying to and my timeline, and give them a brief explanation of what the LOR should include.

I followed up with each by email with a PDF of my resume, personal statement draft, and “guide” that included a bullet point overview of our relationship, qualities and experiences that I thought were important to stress, and any other notable achievements or data points. I wanted to make it as easy as possible for them and demonstrate, through my own effort, how important the applications were to me.

My directions were pretty much pulled from the 7Sage admissions guide. I asked each to emphasize my analytical ability, oral and written communication skills, thoroughness, and flexibility and creativity, which were supported in the aforementioned bullet points.

I wasn’t a stellar student, but I have been a successful professional in a pretty intellectually rigorous field, so I wanted to focus on that as much as possible.

@ what was the approximate size of the booklet? Letter size (8.5" x 11") or larger/smaller? Thanks!

I’m in a similar situation, albeit with an extra month until the test.

For LR, I’ve started to do the basic translation drills in “the loophole” prep book, which is discussed in other threads—I tend to loose focus reading the stimulus and am hoping this will help. I also spend the most time on PT review with the questions I missed on both the timed test and the blind review.

For LG, just foolproof everything you touch. Don’t move on until you hit every question at less than the target time.

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Just to comment on the "Susan knows the store closes at 8pm.

It’s only 6:30pm.

Therefore, Susan knows the store is still open."

I just want to make sure I'm making the right criticism of the conclusion provided:

Susan doesn't know what time it is currently, therefore she may or may not know the store is still open.

Is this an accurate assessment? This would have been my "prephase" if posed with this question

Essentially, this is correct. Perhaps slightly more accurately would be: We don't know whether or not Susan knows what time it is currently, therefore she may or may not know the store is still open.

I had a somewhat different take. Even if Susan did know the current time, she doesn’t necessarily know that the store is open. She may believe that it is open, but as you pointed out earlier, knowledge is different than belief; the store may have closed early. That being said, this interpretation probably wouldn’t work for something like terminal velocity or the boiling point of water.

I have a different interpretation of AC B than JY does. The reason that it is incorrect is not (or not only) because it uses the language "every day experience" instead of "direct experience every day." To me, those statements are more or less equivalent.

It is wrong because it makes a claim about foreign policy reporting. The first sentence of the stimulus only refers to "pessimistic news reports about the economy." We don't know anything about pessimistic news reports on other topics. It could be that pessimistic news reports about foreign policy have a positive impact. We just don't know.

Has anyone landed on a good method for using the three highlighter colors and underline option to annotate questions?

I’ve been experimenting with different approaches to designate context/OPA, premises, and conclusions in LR but haven’t found a method that is intuitive and easy to implement across different question types.

Yes, its called a bi-conditional. They are covered in the "advanced logic" portion of the syllabus. An example would be "A if and only if B," or A(---)B.

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I just took PT 62 through the digital beta. first off I'd like to thank 7sage for rolling out digital versions of PT's! I'll be switching between digital and paper versions of PT's for the july test since we don't know which version will be administered.

Secondly, I'd like to emphasize on a glitch I found with reading comprehension. I apologize if this has been noted as I haven't read all comments but I'd like to point out that when I underline or highlight text within the passages using my stylus, the text becomes indented as if i'm pressing tab in a word document. Is this a glitch or is this purposeful? Also, I'm using a surface book 2 with a surface stylus with the latest google chrome.

Adding on to this, it's difficult to distinguish where new paragraphs start in RC passages. This is especially problematic for questions that address specific paragraphs (e.g., "which of the following summarize the author's argument in the third paragraph"). The indentation issue mentioned by arman makes it even worse.

Is there any way to fix, and does anyone have insight into how this will work on the actual digital tests?

I'm in a very similar position and have about the same pre- and post-July test PT numbers as you. That post-test bump really got my hopes up and wow, does this feel shitty.

Do you know if schools can see the cancellation for the July test, or if it even matters? I have September and November scheduled already, and am tempted to travel somewhere less populated to take the October test if I cancel. Would that be too much?

I wouldn’t worry to much about remembering the right answer choices as long as you understand the inferences that go along with them. Like everything else on the LSAT, answer choices for LG follow patterns and drilling games over and over helps you spot what the test is looking for.

Best of luck everyone! Linking this post for some pre-test words of wisdom:

https://classic.7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/17475/john-danahers-parable-of-the-plank

Yikes. Lower than July (canceled) and 8 points below my PT average. Not sure how to move forward, test day focus seems to be a big issue.

34 next week, one masters (architecture), one dog, no kids. I have crazy respect for those applying as parents! My mom went to med school in her 40s and is still going strong 20 years later.

My partner is currently a 2L and turns 30 in December. Granted that she had just transferred into a t14 and is closer to the median age, she absolutely killed it during OCI. Having real work/real world experience and understanding things such as how to write a professional email, manage clients, dress for an interview (I heard horror stories), etc. was a huge benefit.

An attorney I spoke to earlier this year, when I was deciding whether to pursue law, shared a similar sentiment. He said age was not really an issue, and laughed at the notion that firms would be attracted to younger students that could work longer hours ("besides, if that were the case, would you really want to work there?") He was also more interested in someone who could work in a professional capacity than a star student, within reason (i.e., not at the bottom of your class).

Another thing to point out, or at least what I tell myself, is that if you're 30+ and take the time to study for the LSAT and apply to law school, YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL. Compared to a younger person who is just trying to "figure it out," you're much less of a liability.

Same issue here.

Hey, don’t stress, it’s your first PT! As others have said, speed and focus come with time; or, more specifically, comfort and confidence.

Not to sound glib, but not giving a fuck (on PTs!) helped me a lot with timing on LR. Burn through those first 10-15 questions and skip anything remotely challenging. Too many words? Skip it. Don’t feel like finding the flaw? Skip it. Hate NA... If you’re pretty sure you got the answer, mark it and move on. Fuck it. As you do blind review, you will begin to see where your cavalier attitude paid off, and where you need to spend more time on certain question types.

For LG, just fool proof. It works.